by suelarkinsweems | Dec 27, 2014 | On Family
I wouldn’t feel like I had ended the year well without informing you that Big Bessie Green the trampoline has passed over and is no longer with us (well, technically she’s here in small pieces until we can remember to drag the parts out to the curb on bulk trash day.)...
by suelarkinsweems | Dec 24, 2014 | On Family
From our house to yours: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank you for your friendship and support this year. Some exciting changes coming in 2015, but we’ll leave those shenanigans for next week. Today is for breathing and hope and maybe some carefully lit...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 25, 2014 | On Family
I give you a hard time about growing up. Time feels like it speeds by some days, while other days the time crawls like the snails out back on my basil plants. First days like today- first day of high school, first day of eighth grade, first day of middle...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 3, 2014 | On Family
With yet another typhoon on the horizon this week, I know you are missing our Big Bessie Green the Trampoline stories (If not, please click away now…you’ve been warned). I even had several friends email me to check on her when the last typhoon blew through...
by suelarkinsweems | May 29, 2014 | On Family
Cora Jo had one last sleepover with one of her best friends who will be moving this week. I learned later that Cora had given her favorite dolphin necklace to her friend as a token of their friendship. Watching my kids make and grieve friends is one of the most...
by suelarkinsweems | Apr 6, 2014 | On Family
Photos from the cherry blossom festivals on mainland Japan are beginning to circulate, and I realized I hadn’t posted pictures of the cherry blossoms on Okinawa. The cherry blossoms bloom here in January and sometimes make it through the beginning of February if...
